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Iron township, Iron County, MO

1,235 Population
60 square miles 20.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±7.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Iron County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,442 ±$3,788 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Iron County: $26,755 ±$1,622
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$49,896 ±$14,992 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iron County: $51,161 † ±$8,529
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

34.3% ±14.4% (423  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 20.7% † 1,884 (±4% / ±362)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

26.9 minutes ±4.1 (13,380  ±4,182) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Iron County: 26.5 91,430 (±1.8 / ±9,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

500 ±86 Number of households
  • Iron County: 3,803 ±164
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.1 (1,221  ±222) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iron County: 2.4 9,139 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

8.1% ±3.7% (27  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iron County: 7.1% † 131 (±2.3% / ±43)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

554 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Iron County: 4,704 ±32
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$103,600 ±$101,713 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iron County: $113,000 ±$5,983
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

21.6% ±15.4% (264  ±194.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Iron County: 10% † 934 (±2.2% / ±210.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

87.8% ±7.5% (769  ±129.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iron County: 85.9% 5,897 (±5.3% / ±363.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
11.5% ±4.3% (101  ±40) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iron County: 18.3% † 1,257 (±2.4% / ±163.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% ±0.7% (17  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 0.8% 76
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

5.7% ±2.9% (54  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iron County: 8.1% † 607 (±1.4% / ±102)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
54 Total veterans ±29 54 Male ±29 N/A Female ±12

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